Table 7.
The Effects of Baseline Relationship-Specific (RS) Attachment Anxiety and Fluctuations in Relationship-Specific Attachment Anxiety on Relationship Wellbeing across Time (Study 3)
| B | SE | t | 95% CI
|
r | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | High | |||||
| Relationship Satisfaction | ||||||
| Intercept | 42.75 | .25 | 171.69*** | 42.26 | 43.24 | 1.00 |
| Baseline RS-Attachment Anxiety | −.53 | .26 | −2.04* | −1.05 | −.02 | .07 |
| Fluctuations in RS-Attachment Anxiety | 1.12 | .64 | 1.75 | −.14 | 2.39 | .07 |
| Baseline RS-Attachment Anxiety × Fluctuations in RS-Attachment Anxiety | .23 | .44 | .52 | −.63 | 1.09 | .02 |
| Time | −.08 | .02 | −4.99*** | −.11 | −.05 | .33 |
| Time × Baseline RS-Attachment Anxiety | .04 | .02 | 2.62** | .01 | .08 | .10 |
| Time × Fluctuations in RS-Attachment Anxiety | −.25 | .04 | −5.83*** | −.33 | −.16 | .22 |
| Time × Baseline RS-Attachment Anxiety × Fluctuations in RS-Attachment Anxiety | .08 | .03 | 2.78** | .02 | .13 | .10 |
| Trajectory over Time for RS-Attachment Anxiety | 13.14 | 11.13 | 1.18 | −8.70 | 34.98 | .04 |
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| Relationship Distress | ||||||
| Intercept | 1.75 | .18 | 9.61*** | 1.39 | 2.11 | .55 |
| Baseline RS-Attachment Anxiety | .27 | .18 | 1.51 | −.08 | .61 | .05 |
| Fluctuations in RS-Attachment Anxiety | −.66 | .44 | −1.49 | −1.52 | .21 | .06 |
| Baseline RS-Attachment Anxiety × Fluctuations in RS-Attachment Anxiety | .20 | .30 | .67 | −.39 | .79 | .02 |
| Time | .07 | .01 | 6.55*** | .05 | .09 | .44 |
| Time × Baseline RS-Attachment Anxiety | −.00 | .01 | −.15 | −.02 | .02 | .01 |
| Time × Fluctuations in RS-Attachment Anxiety | .10 | .03 | 3.45*** | .04 | .15 | .14 |
| Time × Baseline RS-Attachment Anxiety × Fluctuations in RS-Attachment Anxiety | −.05 | .02 | −2.66** | −.08 | −.01 | .10 |
| Trajectory over Time for RS-Attachment Anxiety | .69 | 7.76 | .09 | −14.55 | 15.93 | .00 |
Note.
***
p < .001.
**
p < .01.
*
p < .05.
Predicted significant interaction effects are in bold. To account for the shared variance between attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance, each model controls for within-person trajectories of attachment. Baseline attachment and fluctuations in attachment were also entered as predictors of the intercept and the effect of time for the alternative attachment orientation. Effect sizes (r) were computed using Rosenthal and Rosnow’s (2007) formula: r = √(t2/t2 + df). CI = confidence interval.